Maturo v. Scranton

This case concerns the sufficiency under the Statute of Frauds of a written contract for the sale of real property with an open-ended mortgage contingency clause. The plaintiff, Ferdinand G. Maturo, brought an action to compel specific performance and to recover monetary damages for breach of a contract to convey certain real estate. He sued the defendant Charles H. Scranton, the original seller, and, by amendment, the defendants Anthony M. Limoneelli, Mary J. Limoneelli, the Branford Savings Bank, and the Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, all of whom were subsequent transferees of an…